Cork-puller.



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H. TSGHERNING.

' OORK FULLER.

APPLICATION YILED AUG. 15, 1901.

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No. 728,517. PATENTBD MAY 19,1903;

H'.TSGHERNING. v CORK FULLER.

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' UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903. Q

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TSOHERNING, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARCADE MANUFACTURING (30., OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

jCORK-PU'LLER.

srncrnice'rron. forming part of Letters Patent, No. 728, 17, d t y Application filed August s. 1901. Serial No. 72,116. (No man.)

citizen of the United States of America, residpuller.

4o figure. Fig. 7 is anelevation from the oping at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cork-pullers of the class in which the rotary movement of the corkscrew is effected by means of a longitudinally-movableand non-rotatable. nut guided in the case or frame of the puller.

The purpose of theinvention is to improve the construction of this class" of cork-pullersin general, and particularly to provide means for holding the bottle and controlling the movements of the nut with respect to the case and corkscrew.

The preferred construction of puller in which I have embodied my invention will appear from the following description, and the essential features will be pointed out in the claims.

' In the drawings, Figure lis a side eleva tion'of a complete puller; Fig. 2, an elevation of a bottle-holder handle, showing the opposite side from that seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation similar to 'Fig. l with the side of the case toward the observer removed, taking with it the bottle-holder handle. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a complete Fig. 5 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 3, differing from that figure in showing certain parts in vertical section in the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 and also in showing the working parts in position for gripping a bottle and withdrawing the cork. Fig. 6 is an oblique section taken in the'line 6 6 of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrow 6 of said posite side to that seen in Fig. l of a combined bottle and nut holding dog, adjacent parts being cut away in the section 7 7 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section in line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig.

3, but showing certain parts in the section indicated by the line 9 9 of Fig. 10; and Fig. 10 is a section in the line 10 10 of Fig. 9.

Referring to the figures, A is a suitable frame or case adapted to be attached to a shelf or bar in the ordinary manner and preferably made up of a main portion A and a side plate A, symmetrical in appearance as to corresponding parts and inclosing between them an interior having an oblique channel a, longitudinally grooved upon opposite sides at a, and near the top of this channel a rearwardly-extending chamber a, also longitudinally grooved at a' a at an obtuse and preferably a substantially right angle to the grooves a. In the channel a are longitudinally guided a corkscrew-rotating not B and a corkscrew-carrier O. A corkscrewD is 1'0- tatably secured at its upper end in the carrier, (see Figs. 9 and 10, which show this construction,) and the nut is fitted to the worm ;of the corkscrew,as .is common in this class of cork-pullers. An operating-lever E is provided'with a handle e at one end and at the other end is preferably forked, one arm, e, being pivoted ,to the corkscrew-carrier at e and the other arm, c{, being provided with lat- Wardly and obliquely, preferably parallel with the line of movement of the corks'crewfand an opposing movable jaw f is pivoted to give it a slight vertical movement upon a nut-holding dog F, pivoted at a to forwardlyextending" lugs a a of the frame and having atits upper end a hook f, adapted to enter a longitudinal slot a in the front portion of the frame and engage against upward movement a lug b on the front portion of the nut B. A spring f 2 is provided to hold this hook in the position seen in Figs. 1 and 8,'said spring being seen in Fig. 7. The dog is provided with an annular channel f about the pivot-pin, and the coiled spring is inserted in said channel in engagement at one end with the lug a and at the other end with the jaw f, the tension being such as to tend to hold both the dog and the jaw in the position seen in Fig. 3. Movement of the jaw from this position relative to the dog increases the tension through the end of the spring in engagement with the jaw, and movement of the dog relative to the frame increases the tension of the spring through the end which is in engagement with the lug (L The dog is also provided with a laterally-extending arm f bearing upon the cam-shaped hub g of a bottle-holder lever G, pivoted at g to the frame. A lug a on the frame and shoulders g g on the lever provide stops to limit the movement of the lever upon its pivot. When the bottle-holder lever is in the position seen in Fig. 1, it permits the dog to remain in the position there seen. The forward movement of said lever brings the higher portion of the cam under the arm f of the dog and tilts said dog into the position seen in Fig. 5, withdrawing the book from the nut and clamping the movable jaw upon the bottle. The line ofpressure of the arm f upon the cam being almost directly radial, no particular efiort is required to retain the lever Gin this position, and the friction of the parts is sufficient to maintain the grasp of the jaws upon the bottle.

The carrier 0 is provided with two forwardly-extending lugs cc, between which is pivoted a downwardly extending hook H, which preferably rests by gravity upon the carrier in the position seen in Fig. 3 in the absence of other means of support. Said hook is provided with an oblique lower face It, adapted to ride up the dog F in the downward movement of the carrier when said dog is in the position seen in Fig. 3.

In the operation of the puller the normal position of the parts when not in use is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the handle extending backward over the shelf or bar. To withdraw a cork from a bottle, said bottle is placed upon the stationary jaw 0t and the bottle-holder lever G drawn forward until the bottle is firmly clamped between the two jaws of the holder. The operating-handle is then drawn forward, forcing the corkscrew downward into the cork and pushing the hook H over the lug b of the nut. The reverse movement of the handle carries the nut upward, preventing the rotation of the corkscrew and drawing the cork from the bottle. The bottle-holder lever is then thrown backward to release the bottle, and at the next forward movement of the handle the hook H rides up the dog F and the lug b passes beneath the hook f, so that the return of the handle to the normal position withdraws the corkscrew from the cork by reason of the fixed position of the nut in the bottom of the case.

As far as the broader features of the improvement are concerned I consider the derotatably secured at one end in the carrier and threaded in the nut, means for imparting longitudinal movement to the carrier, a carrier-and-nut connection adapted to automatically lock the nut and carrier together as the carrier approaches the nut and a looking mechanism adapted to alternately lock the nut to the frame and release it therefrom, said locking mechanism being constructed and arranged to prevent the locking of the nut to the carrier when the nut is locked to the frame; substantially as described.

v2. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable frameand a longitudinally-guided corkscrew-carrier and nut, of a corkscrew reciprocated longitudinally by the carrier and rotated by the nut, means for imparting longitudinal movement to the carrier, a nut-andcarrier-connecting device adapted to connect the carrier and the nut, means for holding the nut in a fixed position with respect to the frame of the device, a clamp adapted to hold a bottle, and a handle adapted by movement in one direction to operate said clamp to release the nut from its fixed position and to permit said nutand-carrier-connectin g device to come into operative position; substantially as described.

3. The combination with the frame of a cork-puller, of a nut and corkscrew-carrier guided therein, a corkscrew rotatably secured at one end in the carrier and threaded in the nut, means for reciprocating the carrier, a locking device adapted to lock the nut and carrier together whenever one approaches the other, a bottle-holding jaw upon the frame, a dog pivoted between its ends to the frame and carrying an opposing jaw at one end and adapted to engage and hold the nut with the other end and when in such engagement, to prevent the locking of the nut and carrier, and means for oscillating said dog upon the pivot; substantially as described.

4:. The combination with the frame of a cork-puller, of a longitudinallyguided corkscrew-carrier and non-rotatable nut therein, a corkscrew rotatably mounted in the carrier and threaded in the nut, a device for locking the nut to the carrier and a manually-operated device, independent of the corkscrew mechanism, for alternately preventing and permitting the operation of the device for locking the nut to the carrier; substantially as described.

5. The combination in a cork-puller, with the frame, corkscrew, a longitudinally-guided nut and corkscrew-carrier, of a device for locking the nut to the carrier and a device for locking the nut to the frame, the device for locking the nut to the frame being constructed and arranged, whenin the locked position, to prevent the locking of the nut to the carrier; substantially as described.

6. In a cork-puller, the combination with a frame, a corkscrew-carrier, nut and corkscrew, of a gravity device to lock the nut to the carrier and a manually-operated device to lock the nut to the case and prevent the looking of the gravity device; substantially as described.

7. In a cork-puller, the combination with a frame, of a longitudinally-guided corkscrew:

carrier, a non-rotatable nut, a corkscrew journaled in the carrier and rotated by the nut, a device operating alternately to clamp a bottle in the frame and lpck the nut thereto,

means for actuating said device, and means for locking the nut to the carrier by the approach of the carrier toward the nut when a bottle is clamped in the frame; substantially as described.

8. The combination with the frame, corkscrew-carrier, nut and corkscrew, of a corkpuller, of a device for locking the nut to the carrier and bottle-holding and nut locking means operating in one position to grasp a bottle andin another position to lock the nut to the frame and prevent the locking of the 1ever to the carrier; substantially as described.

9. The combination with a cork puller frame, of a longitudinally-guided corkscrewcarrier, a non-rotatable nut, a corkscrew journaled in the carrier and rotatedby the nut, a dog pivoted in the frame, carrying a bottleholder on one end and a nut-lockon the other,

HENRY TSCHERNING.

Witnesses:

FRED E. BOEDEKER, BERT HERBIG.

means for oscillating said dog to grasp the 

